Bumper



C. E. PARSONS Esc.,

IBUMPER Filed April 2S,

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ATTORNEY.'

Patented Dee. l5, 1925.

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CARL B. PAIRSNS, O F'DETROI'EL, HIGHIGAN, ASSIGN1r OTR 'lO MOTIR PRGDUCTS {JORQA- TION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

BUMPER. I

Application Med April 28, 1824. Serial No. 709,374.

Tool! whom t may concern:

y Be it known that l. CARL B. PARSONS, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Uetroit, county of lVayne, `State of Mrchigan, have .invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bumpers, and declare the fol lowing to be a full. clear, and exaot description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying; drawings. which form a pa' t' ot' this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bumpers and particularly to bumpers intended for use at the front and the rear end of an automobile.

The object is to provide a light, strong bumper possessingl a pleasing appearance and having the maximum capacity to absorb the shock of impact.

My invention consists ot a bumper having a plurality of impact members suitably supported at the ends by elliptic springs.

A meritorious feature is the employment of spaeedapart impact members, the end portions of which are turned toward each other and disposed one above the other in substantially the same vertical plane in abutting relationship. which end portions are fastened together and provided with resilient bumper supports 'extending rearwardly therefrom.

The abovey objects and other important advantages will appear more fully inthe following specification and appended claims.

Figure l is t'ront elevation of a bumper huilt in accordance with my invention.

Fig. Q is a fragmentary plan view ot an end oll the bumper shown in Fig. l.

Fie'. 3 is a view partly in plan and partly 7n section talten on line ITS-43. Fig. 2.

Fig. Al is a Atragmentary front elevation. otan end portion of my invention.

Fic'. 5 is a view partly in plan and partly in section taken on line 5-5. Fig. Il.

l provide impact members l0 and l2 which are here, shown as beingy ot channel construction. the channel being; disposed` outwardly. These impact members are held in spaced-apart relationship and. disposed one above the other in substantially the same vertical plane. l prefer to bend the ends of the impact members rearwardly as at: lil; and each end portion may be turned over as at 16 forming a loop. The rearwardly turned end portions of the impact members are likewise disposed in the same vertical plone. y

'The two impact members are secured together by suitable clamps. Tivo of these clamps are here shown and consisto a trout plate 18, a rear plate 2O and bolts 22 which pass through the front and rear plates and through the respective impact members. The end portions llt of the spaced-apart impact bars are bent toward each other into :limitingl relationship. as appears in 4l. The clam 18 which secures the impact bars together is fastened to the rear Clamp 20 by suitable bolts 22 which extend through both clamp members and through the impact bars l0 and l2. ri'his trent clamp memlmr l has turned-over ends Sti. The elliptic spring supports are clamped against the iii-'turned abutting ends othe impact bars over the joint therebetween but spaced from the ends 'ot the bars.

Bumper supports are provided one for each end oi the bumper and comprise brackcts Q6 which may be suital'ly secured to the car Frame and elliptic springs "2S each comprismar t'vro spring members secured together at their ends by pins 30. One of these springI utembers is secured to the bracket- 26 by a clamp 32 having srreu's 34.- extending therethrough to engage the bracket. The other spring member is fastened to the impact members. beine' embraced bythe rear clamp member Ztl and lmvingr a bearing against both the impact members over the tit) joint therebetween, as shown in Figs.. 3'

and 5.

.Vhat l elaim is: Y i` l. 'ln a bumper. spaced-apart impact mem bers having rearwardly bent. end portions turned. towhrd c her into abutting relationship and Taf together. andan ellip tic spring sup `4ach end o f` said im; pact member.h agr lengthwise thereor and secured. L. the thereby tween.

Elu a bumper, a pair of channel impact the abutting and poxtions @if 35%, A Y Anmlmoes heldin spaced-apart relationship members and fmivmaiymf 'ih/e pog A and hailing their ends umed towmc each Contact therebetween and spaced @that and disposed one above the other in ends thcr'e".

Jsubstmnally the same vertical plane in abut- In tesimony whereof` sign this spec'- fing relaionship, and an elliptic spring supcation. ori for each end o said bumpex' secured to CARL E. i@ 

